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A reported reactor in Syria modeled after North Korea's main nuclear facility was destroyed before it became operational, but pictures will be shown Thursday to the House and Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees.

President Bush plays host to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday at the White House. The stalled Middle East peace talks are on the top of the agenda. The meeting comes as the president prepares to attend Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations next month, as well as another Mideast peace summit in Egypt.

The United States is urging Iraq's Arab neighbors to reopen their embassies in Baghdad. Most countries have refused to send ambassadors back to the Iraqi capital, because of poor security and political differences with the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a former U.S. diplomat says.

Zimbabwe's leader, Robert Mugabe, delivers his first major speech since the country's disputed presidential vote three weeks ago. He marked Zimbabwe's Independence Day by accusing thieves of trying to unseat him.

President Bush welcomed Pope Benedict to Washington, in the first visit to the White House in nearly 30 years. Benedict spoke with President Bush about Iraq and foreign policy in the first full day of his U.S. trip. The pontiff also celebrated his 81st birthday.

Renee Montagne talks to Robert Barnett, professor of modern Tibetan studies at Columbia University, about the Dalai Lama and China. Barnett describes the Tibetan protests as a disaster for China, but he says the unrest is also a crisis for the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetans.

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States on Tuesday for his first papal visit. He comes with a reputation as a rigid enforcer of dogma, but the German-born pontiff may receive a much warmer welcome here than he has been getting in increasingly secularized Europe.

Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Baghdad tells a pair of Senate committees that a troop surge in Iraq has been successful, but that the success is fragile. Ambassador Ryan Crocker echoes Petraeus' concerns.

The top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, briefs both the Senate Armed Services and the Senate Foreign Relations committees Tuesday on the military situation in Iraq. Lawmakers will also be updated on political developments by the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker.

The situation in Iraq will be front and center on Capitol Hill Tuesday as Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, begin two days of testimony. Petraeus is widely expected to recommend a temporary freeze in U.S. troop reductions.